it

English

/ɪt/, /ɘt/, /ɪt/, /ət/, /ət/, /ɘt/

pron
Definitions
  • All or the end; something after which there is no more.
  • (chiefly)
  • (obsolete) Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English it inherited from Old English hit (it) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hit (this, this one) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- (here, demonstrative particle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱe-

Gloss

here, demonstrative particle

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